Interchangeable running-gear for vehicles.



ffi. Paented 1an. 22, 190|.

W. C. SLN.

ABLE RNNING GEM? FR VEHICLES.

(Application led Apr. 12. 1900.)

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No. Sl. Patented jan. 22, |90I.

W. C. SLAN.

INTERCHAMGEABLE RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1900.) {No Mudo.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

, f JQQMLA ATmRNEY UNTTED STATns PATENT @einen TVILLIAM CLEMENT SLOAN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

INTERCHANGEABLE RUNNINGEGEAR FOR VHECLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,610, dated January 22, 11.901V

Application filed April l2, 1906. serial No. 12,652. lNo model.)

.To all Inh/.mt may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CLEMENT SLOAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident or Camden, in the county of Camden and State of- New Jersey, have invented e'ertain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable Running-Gear for iVheeled Vehieles, of which the following' is a specieation.

lhe object ol' :ny invention isto provide means whereby wheeled vehicles may be readily adapted for use on various road-surfaces, the device herein shown and described pernain-ine` a ready change of running-gear to be made from one forni to another-for instance, from that form in which'the Wheels have wooden spokes and metallic tires to that in which they have wire spokes and pneumatic tires, or vice versa, may be required fromv time to time. v

in the drawings, Figure l is a front eleva- Jtion of a rOad-Wag0n with two forms of running-gear. Fig. il is a front View, partly in section, oi' one form of the invention; and Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of an axletree and axle-bed appertaining thereto. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a pneumatic Wheel and connections adapting it for use in the form of theinvention shown in Figs. l, 2,and 3. Fig. 5 is a front view, partly in section, of a-different forni of the invention shown as adapted for use with a pneumatic-tired wheel; and Fig. l5, a longitudinal view, partly in section, of an axletrec and axle bed appertaining thereto. Fig. 7 is a View of a wagen-hub mounted on an axle and adapted for use in connection wil h the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and G, and Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are respectively a Cotter, washer, and nut, the uses thereof being hereinafter set forth.

ln the inost approved form of my invention, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, S, 9, and l0, an axle A is rigidly attached to a shank D, either directly, as in Fig'. 7, or by means of a yoke or fork A', as in Fig. 5. The shank D, which is conical in forni, is inserted in a socket formed longitudinally in the end ofan axletree B. A cutter F passes transversely through both the axletree l and shank D, both of which have been slotted to receive it, and is held in place by a nut I) and Washer a. on its serewthreaded shank, thus preventing both longi tudinal and rota-tory motion of the shank D in the axletree B.

ln the modication of my invention shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4: a screw-threaded axleshank D is screwed into an axletree B, suitably prepared to receive it, endwise in a longitudinal socket, and both longitudinal and ro tatory motion of the shank D' in the axletree B' is prevented by a cross-screw F passing transversely through both. A spring-operated detent b engages in the niek in the head of the cross-screw Fl, preventing the latter from unscrewing and backing out of position after insertion in place, as described.

ln using` my invention in the form first described the nut I; and Washer a being removed from the screw-threaded shank of the cotter F the latter is Withdrawn from the axletree B and axle-shank D, the latter, with the axle A and any part of the running-gear pivoted thereon, being then easily detached from the vehicle. Ahould the invention bein use in the other forni thereof shown and described herein, the above-men tioned result is attained by raising the spring-operated detent b' from the nick in the head of the cross-screw F' and withdrawing the latter by unscrewingr it, after which the axle-shank D' is Withdrawn from the axletree B by uuserewing it therefrom.

It is obvious that a reversal of the abovel operations will serve to attach and securely fasten to vehicles Wheels of any desired forni or design if provided with axle-Shanks D or D", as shown, adapted for insertion, respectively, in the sockets in the axletrees B or B'.

I claim as new and as my invention- A wheetaxle lnountedin a forked bracket, a shank rigidly attached to said bracket and removably fixed in a socket formed longitudinally in the end of an axletree, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, this lOth day of April, A. D. 1900.

WILLTAM CLEMENT sLoAN.

Witnessesi WM. F. WALZ, LOUIS RANGENFELD. 

